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GloUCP: a global 1 km spatially continuous urban canopy parameters for the WRF model
Weilin Liao
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Key Laboratory of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, 100089, China
Yanman Li
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Xiaoping Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
Yuhao Wang
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Yangzi Che
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Ledi Shao
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Guangzhao Chen
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo-simulation, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Hua Yuan
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, 519082, China
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
Ning Zhang
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
Fei Chen
Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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Short summary
The currently available urban canopy parameter (UCP) datasets are limited to just a few cities for urban climate simulations by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. To address this gap, we develop a global 1 km spatially continuous UCP dataset (GloUCP) which provides superior spatial coverage and higher accuracy in capturing urban morphology across diverse regions. It has great potential to support further advancements in urban climate modeling and related applications.
The currently available urban canopy parameter (UCP) datasets are limited to just a few cities...
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